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FOR HIRE.
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FOR SALE.
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BIG TROLLEY SCHEME.
Trolley Merger Likely to Connect
Cumberland and Johnstown
in Near Future.
Big Corporation Said to be Back of
Scheme that Will Benefit
Many Towns.
It is reported on what seems to be
good authority, that a new corporation
which desires to secure a right-of-way
between Cumberland and Johnstown
has applied for a Maryland state
charter and will shortly apply at
Harrisburg for right to operate in
Pennsylvania. There is much interest
being taken in the news, and despite
the fact that numerous “hot air” lines
have been built between the two cities
named, it is believed that the project
will be carried through by the new
concern.
No names are being divulged as
yet, but it is intimated that all those
in the new corporation rank high in
business circles of Cumberland and
vicinity, and that coal operators and
other business men of Somerset
county/Pa., and of Johnstown are also
interested in the project. There is
also said to be enough cash in the
new corporation to carry through the
scheme of a trolley merger.
The right-of-way desired would be
through Boswell, Somerset, Berlin,
Meyersdale and Salisbury, as well as
through a number of smaller towns.
This would bring the line through
some of the richest and most import
ant coal centers in the United States.
The proposed line has been talked
of for several years, and built on
paper a number of times, but now the
scheme looks like a sure thing to be
realized at an early date. Such a line
would prove of much benefit to this
locality, and it would be a paying
proposition.
Wouldn’t This Jar You?
A drug clerk in a neighboring vil
lage was called to the telephone at an
early hour recently.
“Do you keep carbolic acid?” in
quired an anxious voice.
“Yes, madam,” responded the polite
clerk.
“Well, wouldn’t that kill you?”
And there followed the click of a
receiver being hung up.
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT
| AS THE SPIRIT MOVETH j
i
Ik Bryan has his way, the chances
are that the Democratic party will
sooner or later come out flat-footed
for prohibition, and in that event it will
be amusing to see the “Demmies”
' taking to water instead of rye and
= “rotgut.” But stranger things have
happened.
’ Thby are talking of the picture that
! is called “September Morn,” and
; “Uncle Sam” has put the ban on the
• cards it does adorn. They won’t let
1 you send that picture through old
“Uncle Samuel’s” mail, but every
■ blamed old sinner will procure one
without fail. He will feast his eyes
upon it, and he’ll hug it to his breast,
. and he’ll swear that of all pictures the
forbidden one is best. ’Twas ever
: thus in this old world, from the time
that God made man, that many . men
. crave naught so much as the thing
that’s under ban.
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The candidate who kisses babies in
' making his canvass for votes, has
nothing on Editor James R. Combs,
. of the Piedmont Independent, who
last week published the following:
1 “Mrs. William Good, of Swanton, Md.,
; accompanied by the prettiest baby in
Western Maryland, who was the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Grandstaff,
in Westernport, returned home first
of the week. While here she renew
ed her subscription to the Independ
: ent. ” Sure, thing! And she will re
new again next year. To make a life
long friend of a woman with a baby,
tell her that it is the prettiest young
ster in the neighborhood, and if you
add that it looks like its mother, that
will make her friendship all the firmer.
One of our exchanges is authority
for it that an astronomer at Hunting
ton, W. Va., recently discovered a new
moon that is not more than 100,000
miles from the earth, yet is invisible
to the naked eye, because it is much
smaller than the old moon which most
of us are more or less familiar with.
The discovery, according to the
Keyser Tribune, was made by means
of a large telescope. Perhaps the new
moon was discovered by means of a
j large quantity of West Virginia
l “moonshine,. ’■ Even right, here in
i Frostburg new ni tons are often dis-
J covered when the old one known to
us all is not the only one that is full.
But the discoveries here are made
through glasses other than telescope
lenses.
There is an ancient tale about a
man who conveyed all his property to
his children and became dependent
upon them. He found out his mistake
soon after he had signed the deeds,
but was ingenious enough to over
come some of the difficulties of his
position. He prepared a box which
he guarded carefully and which was
supposed to contain money. Some
how the impression got around that
the one who treated him best would
inherit most of the money. When he
had passed away, the box was opened
and found to contain only a hammer,
with an inscription something like
this: “The man who deeds his farm
before he is dead—take this hammer
and knock him on the head.” It is a
deplorable fact that many parents
have suffered by surrendering all their
property to their children. The wise
man who wants to divide his property
among his heirs will retain a life in
terest for himself and wife. This
may seem to imply some distrust of
his children, but it is simply good
business sense. Moreover it insures
him against the worst trouble a.parent
can have —the ingratitude of his chil
dren which may make him dependent
in his old age.
According to some of the daily
newspapers, the kissing mania has
again broken out at church ‘ festivals
and bazaars in various parts of the
country. Handsome young girls, and
in some cases married women, allow
themselves to be kissed by any old
thing that wears pants, at prices rang
ing from 25 to 50 cents per kiss, in or
der to wipe out church debts, raise
missionary funds, pay the preacher’s
salary, etc. We may well pause and
ask whither some rattle-brained
preachers, parents, girls and women
are drifting. The girl or women who
will allow herself to be “snoodled”
and slobbered over at so much a
“snoodle,” is mighty dear kissing at
any price, and as for us, we’d about
as soon kiss a cow. We read in Holy
Writ that Christ once entered the
Temple in Jerusalem and “cleaned
out the ranch” for a far less offense
than this thing of selling kisses to pay
off a church debt. Had there been a
lot of fool kissers in the Temple in
Jerusalem when Christ drove out the
money-changers and merchandisers,
He might have bent them over his
knee and administered to them a
good, old-fashioned hand-spanking,
and batted all those who encouraged
the kissing-for-money game a few
stiff punches on their silly heads.
One of our exchanges, in commenting
on this same subject, truly says: “To
set a petty value upon something
which should be priceless, is to trifle
with the gifts of tlie Gods.”
FROSTBURG, MD., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1913
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’ REV. WM. GERHARDT, D. D.,
Of Martiuslburg, W. Va., Who Will Be 96 Years Old
October 28th.
POST CARD SHOWER FOR
THIS GRAND OLD MAN
OLDEST MEMBER OF THE OLDEST LUTHERAN
SYNOD IN THE UNITED STATES, IS
REV. WM. GERHARDT.
Every Good Citizen in This Locality, and Espe
cially Every Lutheran, Should Send Post
Card to Him October 28th.
The above portrait is that of one of
the most, remarkable men that ever
figured in this locality. Much of his
lifi/’w'orJt has been done in a . county
; own, and a, biographical
sketch of his interesting career will
j be published in next week’s issue of
this paper.
The Rev. Wm. Gerhardt, D. D., is
still quite active, and is a frequent*
contributor to The Meyersdale Repub
lican. In spite of his great age, he
still writes a good, legible hand, and
his contributions are always read
with great interest.
JEWISH NEW YEAR.
LOCAL JEWS CELEBRATED THE
DAY IN A VERY APPROPRIATE
MANNER.
Thursday, Oct. 2nd, was the Jewish
New Year day, which according to
their calender, was the beginning of
the year 5674. The local Jews (and
there are quite a number of them
here in Frostburg) celebrated the day
in a very appropriate manner. In
stead of going about making all sorts
of hideous noises, as is the American
custom in many communities, they
went about wishing each other well,
exchanging New Year cards and en
joying themselves in various appro
priate ways. All Jewish places of
business were closed on the New Year
day and the day following, and relig
ious services in their synagogue on
both'days was a prominent feature of
the occasion.
Good Qualities of the Jewish
People.
The Jews, though very loyal to their
traditions and religious rites and cere
monies, are nevertheless a very toler
ant people, respecting the rights of
others to an admirable, degree, ever
ready to accord that freedon-f of
thought and speech thit is so dear to
all liberty-loving people.
As American citizens, the Jews are,
as a rule, loyal and patriotic. When
they come here from foreign shores,
they usually take out naturalization
papers promptly and adopt the best
American principles very readily,
taking an active interest in education
and all the arts, sciences and profes
sions that have made this a great na
tion.
The Jew is found everywhere, and
everywhere he is noted for his thrift
and natural knack of acquiring mon
ey and property. The Jew is usually
a law-abiding, peaceful citizen, and
while the Jewish race is regarded in
certain quarters as rather too grasp
ing, it is an open question whether
they are any fonder of the “almighty
dollar” than the. average tradesman
af any other race. Most of the Jews
are tradesmen, and they have a knack
'of succeeding in business wherever
they go.
A Sample of Jewish Wit.
It is the proud boast of the Jews
that few of their people ever figure in
the police courts, and it is seldom in
deed that a Jew commits highway
robbery or burglarj r . While many of
them plead guilty of trying to get the
long end of a bargain, just as many
other people try to do, they will tell
The Meyersdale Republican sug
-1 gests a post card shower for Martins
. burg’s grand old man, and The Spirit
hopes many of its readers will partici
. pate in it, thi s showing their respect
for one of the noblest men to be found
■ anywhere. The cards should be mail
ed in time to reach him by Oct. 28th.
; The sketch of Dr. Gerhardt’s life,
1 which will appear in our columns next
■ week, has some features about it that
. will prove of intense interest to all
who read it, showing how admirably
some men succeed in spite of dire
poverty and obstacles that seem al
most insurmountable.
you that they nevertheless always
give some value for the money they
; get.
On one occasion we heard this dis
puted when a Jew set up the claim of
i always giving some value for value
| received. The man the Jew was talk
, ing to disputed the assertion, and the
Jew told him to name a single instance
when such was not the case.
“All right,” said the other man,
“I’ll just cite you to the time when
. Moses was leading the Israelites
(Jews) out of Egypt; they were carry -
, ing the jewelry of their Egyptian task- 1
masters away with them, which en
raged the hosts of Pharo, and they
gave chase toHhose Jews. What did
■ those Egyptians get in the way of
. value or in exchange for their jewel
ry?”
“Vy, mine friendt,’’replied the Jew,
: “they got a check on der bank of der
Redt Sea, vot?”
The Jew was right. The Egyptians
got the check, and a very effective
. check at that.
A Word to Merchants.
. More than 200 catalogues from Sears,
" Roebuck &. Co., came to and through
, the Romney postoffice last Thursday
morning. These catalogues cost about
$1.50 each to print, and the postage on
each was 31 cents. These people
think it worth that much to them to
advertise, and yet many home mer
chants would not spend one-tenth of
‘ that amount to tell their patrons what
they have to sell and what the cost
would be. The mail order house
spent neariy S4OO for these catalogues
and postage, and they find' it pays, or
they would not do it Romney Re
view.
A Frostburg African's Favorite
Fruit.
Some time ago two Frostburgers
. were standing in front of a fruit store
i on Main street. One of them was a
■ white man, the other a negro. The
white man was leaning against a tele
graph pole, gazing at the starry heav
i etis. The colored man was casting
> longing eyes at the fine array of fruit
: before him. The moon, the stars.and
the “milky way” were awe-inspiring
to the white man, while the luscious
fruits were causing the negro’s mouth
: to water. Finally the white man
i said:
“Sambo, are you fond of the beau
‘ tiful astronomical phenomena to be
: seen these fine evenings?”
: Sambo replied: “Deed, boss, I can’t
r say dat I is; de fact am, sah, dat dem
l mushmelons am my favorite fruit.”
FOR HUNTERS.
Allegany and Garrett County Game
Laws.
Some weeks ago The Spirit publish
ed the game laws of Maryland, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia. However,
the game laws of Maryland are so
complicated, and differ so widely in
different counties, that the open sea
son table published for Maryland was
somewhat misleading. As most of The
Spirit’s readers who hunt in this state
do their hunting almost exclusively
in Allegany or Garrett counties, we
take pleasure in publishing the follow
ing open season game tables and other
information pertaining to hunting in
the two counties named:
Allegaay County.
Quail or partridge, rabbit, woodcock,
pheasant or ruffed grouse, wild turkey
or deer, Nov. 10th to Dec. 31st.
Squirrel, Sept. 15th to Dec. 31st.
Plover and snipe, Aug. 15th to May
Ist.
Reedbird, pail (ortolan), Sept. Ist to
Nov, Ist.
There is no closed season in Alle
gany county for wild ducks, and no
open season for doves.
Non-resident'license issued by the
Clerk of the Circuit Court. Pee, $10.50.
Hunting on Sunday or election days
is unlawful.
Garrett County.
Quail or partridge, pheasant or
ruffed grouse, wild turkey, Nov. Ist
to Nov. 30th.
Rabbit, Nov. Ist to Peb. Ist.
Woodcock, Oct. Ist to Nov. 30th.
Squirrel, Sept. Ist to Dec. Ist.
Plover and snipe, Aug. 15th to May
Ist.
Reedbird, rail (ortolan), Sept. Ist to
Nov. Ist.
Duck, Nov. Ist to April 10th.
Deer, Oct. Ist to Dec. 31st.
Dove, Aug. 15th to Dec. 24th.
Non-residents must procure license
from the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Pee in Garrett county, $25.50.
The Maryland bag limit makes it
unlawful to kill more than one deer
in a season, or. more 'than 15 par
tridges, 6 ruffed grouse, 4 English
pheasants, 25 doves, 12 woodcock, 12
rabbits, 12 squirrels, or two wild tur
keys in a season.
The foregoing extracts from the
game laws are taken from literature
left at The Spirit office by a local
game warden, and should, therefore,
be reliable. However, there* is so
much conflicting information given
out concerning the game laws of this
state, and the laws themselves are so
numerous in the different counties of
Maryland, that it is hard to get cor
rect information on this subject.
What our state needs is a uniform
game law based on reason and com
mon sense, and a sufficient number of
paid game wardens to compel observ
ance of the law.
Prominent Preacher Takes a
Whack at “Billy” Sunday.
Pittsburg, Oct. 13 —Religious work
ers halted today in their preparations
for the coming of “Billy” Sunday
long enough to discuss the latest ser
mon of the Rev-. Dr. W. W. Hall, at
McKees' Rocks.
“There are a lot of irresponsible
fellows going about the country who
style themselves evangelists,” said
Dr. Hall. “They clothe their so-call
ed messages from God in the vernac
ular of the prize ring, the baseball
diamond, the poolroom and the saloon;
they call people hoodlums, rough
necks, polecats and the like. I am
here to preach the Gospel in the good
old way and in such language that
the angels of God will not blush with
shame when they hear me.”
Returned From the West.
Mr. and Mrs. John Youngerman,
who had been visiting friends in the
West during the last four weeks, re
turned home last Monday morning.
They report a most excellent time.
Most of their time while away was
spent with friends at Minneapolis and
St. Paul, Minn., but they also visited
at Des Moines, lowa, St. Louis, Mo.,
Quincy, 111., and Cincinnati, Ohio.
May Change Election Law.
The nomination of the bulk of the
Progressive ticket in Maryland by con
ventions instead of by open primaries
will probably result in a change in the
Primary Election Law by the next
General Assembly, says the Oakland
Republican. Many local lawyers are
agreed that technically the Progres
sives had the right to make the nom
inations by committees under the
present law, but it is generally agreed
that the framers of the primary statue
had no such idea in view when the act
was proposed and passed. The Pro
gressives took advantage of the clause
which gave the right to the various
parties to fill vacancies. The spirit of
the section, according to many non
partisan lawyers, was to permit a full
ticket to be placed in the field in the
event of any deaths or resignations of
candidates after the primaries.
The action of the Progressives, how
ever, has already resulted in some law
yers proposing that the next Legisla
ture amend the law to provide that at
least the majority of each party ticket
shall be nominated in the primaries
and to make clear the right of the
various parties to make nominations
after the primaries only were vacan
ies were unavoidable.
Doctor Oscar Fisher
Narrowly Escapes Death
■ Automobile Goes Down Steep Em
baukmeut With Him, Turuiug
i Over Several Times—Unconscious
Eight Hours.
Dr. Oscar Fisher, who recently came
here from New York City and rented
rooms from Mrs. Eaura Engle, on
Broadway street, where he opened an
office for the practice of medicine, (
met with an accident about 9:30 o’clock,
Monday morning, that almost cost
him his life.
The doctor recently purchased a
fine new Oakland car, but no£ being
thoroughly familiar with the running
of it, he went to Eckhart at the time
stated to get a man more familiar
with the mechanism of his machine,
to give him further instructions in
handling it.
While the Eckhart man was getting
ready to accompany the doctor, the
latter proceeded to turn his machine,
which in some way he backed over a
steep bank near a C. & P. railroad
crossing. The machine went down
the bank a distance of 45 or 50 feet,
rolling over several times, with the
doctor in it.
When it landed at the foot of the
embankment, the doctor was able to
emerge from the wreck, and enough
help soon arrived to get the machine
back into the road. While the car
was quite badly damaged, it was
nevertheless able to be propelled back
to Frostburg by its own power, but
the doctor became unconscious short
ly after the car was headed towards
home, and he remained in that con
dition until 5:00 in the evening.
He suffered with a slight concussion
of the brain, but recovered rapidly
after regaining his senses. He is
somewhat bruised about the body,
also, but does not seem to have been
injured much otherwise, and none of
his bones were broken. Nevertheless,
it seems almost like a miracle that
the man was not killed outright. It is
also a wonder that the car was not
damaged more. While the top was
completely demolished and the wheels
badly damaged, the engine does not
appear to have been injured much, if
any.
Dr. Fisher located here only about
five .weeks ago, but has made many
warm friends since coming to Ffost
burg, all of whom are rejoicing be
cause his accident was no worse.
Earnings of the Western Maryland
Railway Company.
The total operating revenue of the
Western Maryland Railway Company
for month of August, 1913, was $745,-
545.89, or an increase over the preced
ing month of 180,299.26. The total
operating expense for the same period
was $556,491.94, or an increase over
the preceding month of $95,208.76.
The net operating revenue for August
was $198,053.95, or a decrease of $14,-
909.50 in the net operating revenue as
compared with the preceding month.
For the two months ending Aug. 31st,
the figures are as follows : Total
operating revenue, $1,482,322.12; total
increase in operating revenue over
two preceding months, $237,093.30;
total operating expenses, $1,109,693.-
09; increase in expenses, $236,735.51;
net operating revenue, $372,629.09; in
crease in net operating revenue, $357.-
79.
These figures are from the company
direct to The Spirit.
Western Maryland Equips Its
Tunnels With Electric
Bloch Signals.
Practically all of the work incident
to the installation of the electric block
signals in the five tunnels on the
Middle division of the Western Mary
land Railway Company, between
Hagerstown and Cumberland, also at
the Cranberry coaling station on the
Eastern division of the road, has been
completed, and it is expected that the
new system will be put in operation
shortly. The contract for installing
the signals was awarded to the Union
Switch and Signal Company, of
Swissvale, Pa., announcement of
which was made some weeks ago by
President Fitzgerald, of the railway
company. Since the letting of the
contract the work has progressed
rapidly.
The tunnels to be equipped with the
new signals are Knobley, Welton,
Kesslers, Stickpile and Indigo.
When placed in operation,, the elec
tric automatic block signal system
will cover approximately thirteen and
one-half miles of track division
embracing about eighty miles of road.
The new signals, in their operation,
will place greater safeguards around
train operations, and will accordingly
increase the operating efficiency of
the property.
In equipping its tunnels with the
electric automatic block signal sys
tem, the Western Maryland is merely
adhering to its plan to increase the
operating efficiency at any time when
ever the opportunity presents itself.
This new improvement comes closely
upon the move of the Western Mary
land to adopt the use of the telephone
in the place of the telegraph for dis
patching work on a large portion of
the system.
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WHOLE NUMBER 2,174
Is In Jail For Hie
1 Murder 01 His Sister
! Mysterious Shooting- of Bessie
Crowe Near Lonaconing May
Be Cleared
[ Early in the summer Bessie Crowe,
l a girl of fourteen years, was myster
iously shot and killed at her home a
( few miles west of Eonaconing. An
investigation was made by the State’s
- officers at the time, but nothing could
be learned' from other members of the
. family who were home the time the
• affair occurred.
Eater the matter was taken in hand
. by State’s Attorney Renniger, who
- made a personal investigation last
Friday by going to the home and mak
-1 ing inquiry of members of the Crowe
family, which resulted in the arrest
• of Eawrence Crowe, a brother of the
, dead girl, who is charged with having
committed the crime. He was brought
to Oakland on Friday night and is be
[ ing held in the jail here for the No
, vember term of court Oakland Re
publican.
New Mileage Books.
: Effective on Noveniber 1, the West
’ ern Maryland Railroad Company has
1 entered into an arrangement with the
: Trunk Eines Mileage Bureau to sell
on and after that date interchangeable
’ mileage. This will be a new departure
: for the passenger department of the
: Western Maryland. It is expected to
bring much passenger business to the
’ road. The mileage will be godd on
all of the railroads, with but few ex
ceptions, west pf the Ohio river. The
roads on which the interchangeable
mileage will not be good east of the
; Ohio river are a very few of the
smaller lines.
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A Matter of Training.
A Cumberland man bought a dog to
. chase burglars, cats, and tramps, but
. no sooner had he been introduced in
. the domestic camp than wifey wanted
, him trained to carry newspapers and
. other things for the entertainment of
: society. Agreeable to his wife’s wish
es, a trainer took the canine in hand,
. and in a little while he had him so
. well trained that he would carry a
p.Ackage all-over tow n and keep it—'in —y
his mouth until told to drop it. He
had owned the dog about six months
when he heard strange sounds in the
dead of night, and seizing his gun,
he softly crept downstairs. The
burglars were there, and the dog was
there, but he was too busy to bark,
for he was carrying the lantern while
the burglars were busy ransacking the
house.
It Looked Good to Him.
J. -B. Frantz, of Selbysport, Garrett
county, was transacting business in
Frostburg last Friday. He was a
' welcome caller at The Spirit office,'
and as soon as he looked over a copy
of the paper, he said: “I want that
paper for a year; it looks good tome,”
or words to that effect. Then he'fork
' ed over the cash and departed in a
happy mood. The Spirit’s out-of-town
list is growing right along, and so is
its town list. While a few cents a
week looks big to some Frostburgers,
the many good people who are public
spirited enough to want a paper in
their own town are showing their loy
alty, good taste and local pride by
subscribing for it.
Mortgaged for Big Amount.
In the office of Clerk E. Z. Tower of
the Circuit Court, a mortgage excuted
by the Ajax Consolidated Coal Com
pany of Baltimore, covering coal lands
located in Garrett county, Md., Som
erset county, Pa., and Mineral county,
W. Va., to secure bond-holders of the
company in the sum of $250,000, was
recorded Tuesday of this week. The
property owned by the company in
this county, which is covered by the
mortgage, is the coal lands formerly
owned by the Upper Potomac Coal
Company, located in Election District
No. 8, which will resume operations
in a short Republican.
Garrett County Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses were recently is
sued in Garrett county, as follows:
Euther Amos Collins and Frances
Margaret Deyers, both of Grafton, W.
Va.
James' August Ward and Nellie
Wise, both of Washington, Pa.
Robert O. Eovett and Maude Finn,
both of Churchville, W. Va.
Clarence E. Stark and Fannie Mc-
Cean, both of McHenry.
Cleveland W. Ferguson and Dasie
Leale both of Mt. Clair, W.
Va.
RossO. Brown and BessieM. Knight,
both of Greene county, Pa.
William S. Hast and Eeona Mitchell,
both of Mbatsville, W. Va.
John E. Sanders and Merle Bacchus,
both of Clarksburg, W. Va.
John E. Martin of Oakland, and Jane
Cosner of Streby, W. Va.
Hilleary Resh and Mary Holliday, of
Grantsville.